Apparatus for charging retorts.



C. EITLE.

APPARATUS 'POR CHARGING RBTORTS.

APPLICATION FILED M3126, 1906.

@@QQQ, Panama Dee.28,1909,

i* T vr Veri glll. Sgsecoacon ai Application jlef mariah. im,

To all 'whom it coca/cem:

.e it. known that l. @Hins'rmn Erme, e

eoijefit of the King of lvremburg, reeicl pire, lieve invented cerlzan new and useful.

linprovemensin Apparatus for Charging ii'eliorls, of which lie following-j is n. specification* This invention relaies to apparatus for charging gas retorno. or Similar retorts, with y cool or similar material and the object of lille invenion is to inenre :a uniform and even charging of lie retort.

in suoli apparatus; the ream of cool or like material usually entere the retort in suoli manner thai more of it is piled in renier of the retort than ai the Sides so that the Cool czinno be utilized in es perfer e manner as. when the lop of the clim-ge is level or concave :it the middle portion.

According io my invention throw into the retort ehorginginuierial Wliioh imverses 'two seperate pains which erosie each other and deliver the materiel on opposite sides of the retort, the materiel traversing each Il path being flireeegl diagonally Heroes tlie :mie of the retort The apparatus for 'prei lacing iliis result may vai-gv in form :incl fleteils of construction, but l'lie roest weyi* now known to' me ooarrving' ont my invenl lion is illnstraled in tire oreoxnpninylng drawings in .vlirln Figure l shows n vertical Section viewed from the eide, of e Centrifugal eppziiienfq for charging a reor't in die manner vnoove desrriloeflf Fig. 2 sliowe n. vertical. section looking; fromfreer to from of the apparalns. Fig. 3 e'hows a horizontal section of the apparatus and illnsmiee also its rele 'tion with a retort, the arrows indicating lle direction laken by ille charging nie-ieriel :is it posees from ille charging apparatus te the retort. Fig. 4iis o perspective view of tli double ceni'rifngal fon 'forming part of the zippor'gitns. Fig. 5 is detail view in Serf "fion illustrating liow ille materiel is; fell lo ille lel'l lifmfl eirle oil reiorii 'by lille on llio rilli lmnfl sirle of lie enlarging' oppio reins.$` Fig. il ir e similar View snowing' how the material ie fed lo ille reori from lie 'fun on ille left mnd siile lille opperoizns. llipg. 'T like view illus-leuning; how ille melerial appears when alle feiert is feel "oy both iene.

According to lliis invention lie material is efl ino the retort in two pains, ille axes l l l which cross one another |eo that more mnterial is fed to elle .ret-ori; ecljeeento ille sides than ai the center or middlev portion of the reior. whereby when lflieA reiorv is fully ellergerl, :lie maierial will be 1ere or less concave', indicated in Fig; 7. This effect is produced by tivo forcee Wliic'li result in giving to the charging materiel the diagonel directions, above referred to. These two forces are, the force produced liv the fan which is parallel Willi lie of the rotore and ltlie force produce@ by ille low o lliemeteriel ino ille field oil eolien of the fain which flow is rensverse oglie diroction of movement of die fen, i. e., parallel with lle exis thereof.

Referring more iorionlerly lo the dirmi@` ingu-3, l have shown en appare-,tue for carry! ing one by invention in which o fen A, coinprisng hub a., :L centrally arranged. iliapliregm c. and raclial, voiles i).

riphery of the fen., is located Within 'a Suit valole easing The` flanges e Serve the clonble purpose of Stilleningr ille fon blades and -oi' regule-ting ilieilee l of meerial o the field of action oi' lle liladee. The for. 'is monniefl on Simili: 1m which may be rotnofl in any suitable way.

The 'blades E, il are eeparalel by ille (linplirngm n and they are staggered or `alten Dateci, the blades being arrange@ preferably midway. lietween''lie iloflee F1 so limi lli@ moerifxl iirel'. thrown ino ille reorlnv e blade and #lien liv n blade o" :zml eo on. This operniion prevene interferone@ or the material traversing; one path willi The me ieriel lreversing the other pelli.

Ellie inn A is loceiei'l centrally of ille moin casing B enf?, ille fe-eil nop4 f f elelivereover lie fen. seeing' il lo channels g/ on opposite Sides; of the fen easing' from whirl; the im terinl entere opposite siflee oi" llw ion raming' -in die mnner indicarmi by ille :ii-rows in Fig. 2. The lower or boom mills oi' ille channel g are enrvecl or inz'flineil nl' /a for the purpose of flireeilng lie zomer' l ,eiilewiee nilo lie fen Oliziniloer mul of 1. proper Spc-tell of flow lo m-:io willi ino Lion of flow censefl oy ille 'fone lo lliroiv lie .inaeriol flgonzillj into ilio relori in 'ine menne-r :llueve deeeriliel. The nmlerlol ie projeoi'efl into lie re'or. ln'ongli ille mouth Il: lle casing l in elle manner inclieeeel in 4.

Z indieees e gliele valve `wliieli may be lsf lmif'ing' Side. flanges e liigl'ier near line lino Elmo et ine peflireo" Y used to govern the flow of the charging material from the hopper 7 to the fans. i

lt will be understood that the relative sizes of the different parts of the apparatus, the speed ot rotation of the fan, and the speed at which the charging material is fed, is such as to produce the results above specified. These all vary with the size of the apparatus but in machines of the usual size 'the speed ot rotation of the fan varies between '20() and (300 revolutionsv per minute. The diameter of the tan is usually about 600 millimeters and the width of the fan case is usually i300 millimeters, the width of the side chambers f7 being about Q00 millimeters. The hopper is where the charging material is stored. vWhen ready to operate and the fan has acquired the proper speed, the valve or slide Z is opened and the charging material descends 'through the. passages g to the tan chamber. The cross sectional ar'ea of the passages g is such that less material is supplied to the fan chamber than the fan blades can take from the passages g so that there is no banking upr of the material in the passages and a constant How of the material through said passages is eiiected and a uniform velocity is obtained bygiving a proper inclination to said passages taking into acv count, ot course, the friction produced by the passage of the material over the walls oi. said passages.

l claim as my invention:

l.. .t machine for charging rctorts, coinprising means for throwing into the retort charging material in two separate paths which cross each other and deliver the material on opposite sides of the retort.

Q. In a machine forcharging retorts, the cou'ibination of a. feed hopper for the charging material, and means for projecting the charging material in two separate paths diagonally a ud erosswise ot xach' other into the retort.

ln a machine t'or charging retorts, the combination ot a casing, meansl within the casing for projecting the charging material in two separate paths cross-wise otl each other and diagonally outward into a retort, and means for snpplyinfr'charging material to the projecting means.

Ll-.ln a machine for charging ret-erts, the combination of a centrifugal having two sets of blades which alternate in arrangement with each other, a partition separating one set of blades from the other, a feed hopper-,

channels conducting the charging material to the tan blades on oppositie sides of the )artition which are curved or inclined to reed the charging material at a certain speed, and means for revolving the fan at a proper relative speed to throw thecharging material in two separate paths cross-Wise ot each other and diagonally7 into the retort.

5. ln a machine for charging retorts, the combination of a fan chamber, a fan located therein having two sets ot blades alternately arranged, a partition separating one set ot blades from the other, a hopper for the charging'material, channels extending downward from the hop per and delivering the charging material transversely to the direction of rotation of the tan blades, and means for rotating the fan at a proper speed relatively to the velocity at which the charging material enters the Afan chan'iber to cause the charging material to be projected in two separate paths which cross each other and enter the retort diagonally.

(i, In a machine for charging retorts, the combination of a fan chamber, a itan located therein having radially arranged blades flanged at their outer edges, a hopper for the charging material, and channels extend ing from the hopper to the fan chamber and which are curved to deliver the charging material at a proper speedto the fan chamber transversely to the direction in which the fan rotates.

ln witness whereof li have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. 

